Hod.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. GUERIN, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

HOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,250, dated June 11,1901.

Application filed October 18, 1900. Serial No. 32,924. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. GUERIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 313 Nineteenth avenue, Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of WVisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Mortar orBrick Hods, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in mortar or brick hods; and theobject of my improvement is to provide a hod that may be readily foldedinto a small compass for convenience in transporting it. I attain thisobject by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is an end view showing the closed end of the hod. Fig. 2is a side view. Fig. 3 is an end view of the open end, and Fig. 4 is aView illustrating the manner of folding the difierent parts together.

Like characters refer to like parts in the several figures.

l and 2 are the two side pieces, made from sheet-steel, and are hingedtogether at their lower edges, the hinge-joint being made in the commonform, a joint-rod being passed through loops that are formed at regularspaces upon the lower edge of each sheet. The end piece 3 is composed oftwo parts 4 and 5, hinge-jointed together on line A B and hinge-jointedwith the sides 1 and 2. The end piece when fully extended holds thesides at an angle of ninety degrees to each other. As the end piece isfolded inward on the hinge A B the sides 1 and 2 of the hod are broughttogether, as shown in Fig. 4:.

The shank 6 is made in two parts, each part being pivoted tostrengthening straps 7 and 8, secured to sides 1 and 2, and are adaptedto be folded toward the sides, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Whenthe hod is extended to an operative position, the two parts of the shankare brought together and inserted in the handpiece 9, as shown inFig. 1. At the forward ends of the sides 1 and 2 are securedstiffening-ribs 10 and 11. These ribs are riveted to the sides at theirupper ends,

and their lower ends are pivoted to the joint rod and are formed withextensions 12 and 13, that abut together below the joint when the hod isin operative position and serve to stiffen the joint against any fartheroutward movement of the sides.

I have not shown any shoulder-pad, and it is understood that any of theusual pads may be used in connection with my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. A hod having its side pieces hinged-together at their lower edges,and an end piece hinged to the side pieces, the whole adapted to foldtogether.

2. A hod having its side pieces hinged together, in combination with anend piece composed of two parts hinged together and having one side ofeach part hinged to the adjacent side piece, the whole being adapted tofold together.

3. A hod provided with a shank made in two parts, each part beingpivoted to one of the sides and adapted to fold against it.

4. A hod having its side pieces hinged together, and provided at theirforward ends with strengthening-pieces that are secured to the sides andpivoted upon the hinge-joint and having extensions below the jointadapted to abut against each other when the sides are in operativeposition. I

5. In a hod, the combination of the sides hinged together along theirlower edges, an end piece composed of two parts hinged together, andhaving each part hinged to the adjacent side pieces, a divided shankhaving its members pivoted to the sides and a handpiece that holds theshank and hod in operative position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. GUERIN.

Witnesses:

E. J. BRYDEN, EDWARD F. OTTO.

